Molten Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter or margarine at room temperature for 15 minutes
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 3/4 cup of light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 bag best quality chocolate chips
• cooking spray
• 1 good quality of semi sweet chocolate bar broken into pieces.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, at medium-low speed, mix the butter or margarine with the sugar and brown sugar.
4. Raise the speed to medium-high and mix until creamy, light and fluffy.
5. Turn the speed down a little. Add the vanilla and eggs. Mix to incorporate.
6. Add half the flour mixture. Mix. Add the remaining flour mixture and mix until just combined. Mix in the chocolate chips.
7. Spray the muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray.
8. Fill each muffin tin a quarter of the way with large, ping pong ball size of the cookie dough.
9. Flatten slightly to cover the bottom.
10. Stack 2 chocolate squares in the center. Cover with a second walnut-sized ball of cookie dough, flattening it completely to cover the chocolate.
11. Place onto a cookie sheet and bake until tops are golden brown. Do not over-bake or the end result will be doughy, not gooey!
12. The baking time will vary from 20-25 minutes depending on the size of your muffin tin and how much dough used to fill it.
13. You are looking for tops to be golden, not wet looking. Serve warm.